【R4】THE BUSH CROWD BRISTLES AT THE USE OF THE "Q-WORD"—QUAGMIRE（沼泽)—TO DESCRIBE AMERICAN

【R3】

THE BUSH CROWD BRISTLES AT THE USE OF THE "Q-WORD"—QUAGMIRE(沼泽)—TO DESCRIBE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ. BUT WITH OUR SOLDIERS FIGHTING AND DYING WITH NO END IN SIGHT,WHO CAN DENY THAT MR. BUSH HAS GOTTEN US INTO "A SITUATION FROM WHICH EXTRICATION IS VERY DIFFICULT," WHICH IS A STANDARD DEFINITION OF QUAGMIRE? MORE THAN 1,730 AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED IN IRAQ. 【R1】______. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX SERVICE MEMBERS,INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN,WHO WERE KILLED WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK THEIR CONVOY IN FALLUJA LAST WEE

K. WITH EVIDENCE MOUNTING THAT U. S. TROOP STRENGTH IN IRAQ WAS INADEQUATE,MR. BUSH TOLD REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, "THERE ARE SOME WHO FEEL THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THEY CAN ATTACK US THER

E. MY ANSWER IS, BRING"EM O

N." 【R2】______. A NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT SAID: "I AM SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIE

F. WHEN I SERVED IN THE ARMY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II,I NEVER HEARD ANY MILITARY COMMANDER------LET ALONE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF------INVITE ENEMIES TO ATTACK U. S. TROOPS." 【R3】______. "WE"VE LEARNED THAT IRAQIS ARE COURAGEOUS AND THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SKILLS," SAID MR. BUSH IN HIS TELEVISION ADDRESS. "AND THAT IS WHY A MAJOR PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN THEM SO THEY CAN DO THE FIGHTING,AND THEN OUR TROOPS CAN COME HOM

E." DON"T HOLD YOUR BREAT

H. 【R4】______. WHETHER ONE AGREED WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS WAR OR NOT,THE TROOPS DOING THE FIGHTING DESERVE TO BE GUIDED BY LEADERS IN WASHINGTON WHO ARE AT LEAST MINIMALLY COMPETENT AT WAGING WAR. 【R5】______. A. IT WAS AN IMMATURE DISPLAY OF STREET-CORNER MACHISMO(男子气概)THAT APPALLED PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGONIZING ORDEALS OF COMBAT.

B. THE AMERICAN DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ AT THAT POINT WAS ABOUT 200, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT A VICIOUS OPPOSITION WAS DEVELOPIN

G.

C. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION"S INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A STRATEGY AND A WIS

H.

D. SOME WERE LITTLE MORE THAN CHILDREN WHEN THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE ARMED FORCES,LIKE RAMONA VALDEZ, WHO GREW UP IN THE BRONX AND WAS JUST 17 WHEN SHE JOINED THE MARINES.

E. THE LATEST FANTASY OUT OF WASHINGTON IS THAT AMERICAN-TRAINED IRAQI FORCES WILL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE AMERICAN FORCES HAVE NOT:DEFEAT THE INSURGENCY AND PACIFY IRAQ.

F. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE,WHICH IS WHY WE CAN EXPECT TO REMAIN STUCK IN THIS TRAGIC QUAGMIRE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTUR

E.

【R2】

THE BUSH CROWD BRISTLES AT THE USE OF THE "Q-WORD"—QUAGMIRE(沼泽)—TO DESCRIBE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ. BUT WITH OUR SOLDIERS FIGHTING AND DYING WITH NO END IN SIGHT,WHO CAN DENY THAT MR. BUSH HAS GOTTEN US INTO "A SITUATION FROM WHICH EXTRICATION IS VERY DIFFICULT," WHICH IS A STANDARD DEFINITION OF QUAGMIRE? MORE THAN 1,730 AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED IN IRAQ. 【R1】______. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX SERVICE MEMBERS,INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN,WHO WERE KILLED WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK THEIR CONVOY IN FALLUJA LAST WEE

K. WITH EVIDENCE MOUNTING THAT U. S. TROOP STRENGTH IN IRAQ WAS INADEQUATE,MR. BUSH TOLD REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, "THERE ARE SOME WHO FEEL THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THEY CAN ATTACK US THER

E. MY ANSWER IS, BRING"EM O

N." 【R2】______. A NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT SAID: "I AM SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIE

F. WHEN I SERVED IN THE ARMY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II,I NEVER HEARD ANY MILITARY COMMANDER------LET ALONE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF------INVITE ENEMIES TO ATTACK U. S. TROOPS." 【R3】______. "WE"VE LEARNED THAT IRAQIS ARE COURAGEOUS AND THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SKILLS," SAID MR. BUSH IN HIS TELEVISION ADDRESS. "AND THAT IS WHY A MAJOR PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN THEM SO THEY CAN DO THE FIGHTING,AND THEN OUR TROOPS CAN COME HOM

E." DON"T HOLD YOUR BREAT

H. 【R4】______. WHETHER ONE AGREED WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS WAR OR NOT,THE TROOPS DOING THE FIGHTING DESERVE TO BE GUIDED BY LEADERS IN WASHINGTON WHO ARE AT LEAST MINIMALLY COMPETENT AT WAGING WAR. 【R5】______. A. IT WAS AN IMMATURE DISPLAY OF STREET-CORNER MACHISMO(男子气概)THAT APPALLED PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGONIZING ORDEALS OF COMBAT.

B. THE AMERICAN DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ AT THAT POINT WAS ABOUT 200, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT A VICIOUS OPPOSITION WAS DEVELOPIN

G.

C. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION"S INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A STRATEGY AND A WIS

H.

D. SOME WERE LITTLE MORE THAN CHILDREN WHEN THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE ARMED FORCES,LIKE RAMONA VALDEZ, WHO GREW UP IN THE BRONX AND WAS JUST 17 WHEN SHE JOINED THE MARINES.

E. THE LATEST FANTASY OUT OF WASHINGTON IS THAT AMERICAN-TRAINED IRAQI FORCES WILL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE AMERICAN FORCES HAVE NOT:DEFEAT THE INSURGENCY AND PACIFY IRAQ.

F. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE,WHICH IS WHY WE CAN EXPECT TO REMAIN STUCK IN THIS TRAGIC QUAGMIRE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTUR

E.

【R1】

THE BUSH CROWD BRISTLES AT THE USE OF THE "Q-WORD"—QUAGMIRE(沼泽)—TO DESCRIBE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ. BUT WITH OUR SOLDIERS FIGHTING AND DYING WITH NO END IN SIGHT,WHO CAN DENY THAT MR. BUSH HAS GOTTEN US INTO "A SITUATION FROM WHICH EXTRICATION IS VERY DIFFICULT," WHICH IS A STANDARD DEFINITION OF QUAGMIRE? MORE THAN 1,730 AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED IN IRAQ. 【R1】______. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX SERVICE MEMBERS,INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN,WHO WERE KILLED WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK THEIR CONVOY IN FALLUJA LAST WEE

K. WITH EVIDENCE MOUNTING THAT U. S. TROOP STRENGTH IN IRAQ WAS INADEQUATE,MR. BUSH TOLD REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, "THERE ARE SOME WHO FEEL THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THEY CAN ATTACK US THER

E. MY ANSWER IS, BRING"EM O

N." 【R2】______. A NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT SAID: "I AM SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIE

F. WHEN I SERVED IN THE ARMY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II,I NEVER HEARD ANY MILITARY COMMANDER------LET ALONE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF------INVITE ENEMIES TO ATTACK U. S. TROOPS." 【R3】______. "WE"VE LEARNED THAT IRAQIS ARE COURAGEOUS AND THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SKILLS," SAID MR. BUSH IN HIS TELEVISION ADDRESS. "AND THAT IS WHY A MAJOR PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN THEM SO THEY CAN DO THE FIGHTING,AND THEN OUR TROOPS CAN COME HOM

E." DON"T HOLD YOUR BREAT

H. 【R4】______. WHETHER ONE AGREED WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS WAR OR NOT,THE TROOPS DOING THE FIGHTING DESERVE TO BE GUIDED BY LEADERS IN WASHINGTON WHO ARE AT LEAST MINIMALLY COMPETENT AT WAGING WAR. 【R5】______. A. IT WAS AN IMMATURE DISPLAY OF STREET-CORNER MACHISMO(男子气概)THAT APPALLED PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGONIZING ORDEALS OF COMBAT.

B. THE AMERICAN DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ AT THAT POINT WAS ABOUT 200, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT A VICIOUS OPPOSITION WAS DEVELOPIN

G.

C. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION"S INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A STRATEGY AND A WIS

H.

D. SOME WERE LITTLE MORE THAN CHILDREN WHEN THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE ARMED FORCES,LIKE RAMONA VALDEZ, WHO GREW UP IN THE BRONX AND WAS JUST 17 WHEN SHE JOINED THE MARINES.

E. THE LATEST FANTASY OUT OF WASHINGTON IS THAT AMERICAN-TRAINED IRAQI FORCES WILL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE AMERICAN FORCES HAVE NOT:DEFEAT THE INSURGENCY AND PACIFY IRAQ.

F. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE,WHICH IS WHY WE CAN EXPECT TO REMAIN STUCK IN THIS TRAGIC QUAGMIRE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTUR

E.

【R10】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

【R9】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

【R8】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

【R7】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

【R6】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

【R5】

ART IS BOTH CREATION AND RECREATIO

N. 【R1】______MUCH AS I APPRECIATE ALL FORMS OF IMMORTAL CREATIVE WORK, I THINK THE SPIRIT OF TRUE ART CAN BECOME MORE GENERAL ONLY WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING ART AS A PASTIM

E. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS PLAY TENNIS OR FOOTBALL WITH INDIFFERENT SKILL THAN FOR A COLLEGE TO PRODUCE A FEW CHAMPION ATHLETES OR FOOTBALL PLAYERS FOR THE NATIONAL CONTESTS. I WOULD RATHER HAVE ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN TAUGHT TO MODEL CLAY AND ALL BANK PRESIDENTS AND ECONOMIC EXPERTS ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHRISTMAS CARDS, HOWEVER RIDICULOUS THE ATTEMPT MAY BE, THAN TO HAVE ONLY A FEW ARTISTS WHO WORK AT ART AS A PROFESSIO

N. 【R2】______I LIKE AMATEUR PHILOSOPHERS, AMATEUR POETS, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS, AMATEUR MAGICIANS. WE KNOW THAT IT IS SPONTANEOUS, AND IN SPONTANEITY ALONE LIES THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ART. THAT IS WHY I REGARD IT AS SO IMPORTANT THAT IN CHINA PAINTING IS ESSENTIALLY THE PASTIME OF A SCHOLAR AND NOT OF A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST. 【R3】______ NOW IT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF PLAY THAT ONE PLAYS WITHOUT REASON AND THERE MUST BE NO REASON FOR IT. PLAY IS ITS OWN GOOD REASO

N. 【R4】______BEAUTY IS SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE, AND THERE ARE FORMS OF BEAUTY THAT ARE DESTRUCTIVE EVEN TO THE ANIMAL, LIKE THE OVER-DEVELOPED HORNS OF A DEER. DARWIN SAW THAT HE COULD NEVER ACCOUNT FOR THE BEAUTIES OF PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE BY NATURAL SELECTION, AND HE HAD TO INTRODUCE THE GREAT SECONDARY PRINCIPLE OF SEXUAL SELECTIO

N. WE FAIL TO UNDERSTAND ART AND THE ESSENCE OF ART IF WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE IT AS MERELY AN OVERFLOW OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ENERGY, FREE AND UNHAMPERED AND EXISTING FOR ITS OWN SAK

E. 【R5】______I REGARD THIS NOT AS A QUESTION UPON WHICH THE POLITICIANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT MERELY AS AN INCONTROVERTIBLE FACT REGARDING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF ALL ARTISTIC CREATIO

N. A. THIS VIEW IS BORNE OUT BY THE HISTORY OF EVOLUTIO

N.

B. IT IS ONLY WHEN THE SPIRIT OF PLAY IS KEPT THAT ART CAN ESCAPE BEING COMMERCIALIZE

D.

C. THIS IS THE MUCH DECRIED FORMULA OF "ART FOR ART"S SAK

E. "

D. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE ESSENCE OF ART AT ALL, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF ART AS AN OVERFLOW OF ENERGY.

E. THAT IS TO SAY, I AM FOR AMATEURISM IN ALL FIELDS.

F. OF THE TWO IDEAS, I THINK ART AS RECREATION OR AS SHEER PLAY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS MORE IMPORTANT.

【R4】

ART IS BOTH CREATION AND RECREATIO

N. 【R1】______MUCH AS I APPRECIATE ALL FORMS OF IMMORTAL CREATIVE WORK, I THINK THE SPIRIT OF TRUE ART CAN BECOME MORE GENERAL ONLY WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING ART AS A PASTIM

E. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS PLAY TENNIS OR FOOTBALL WITH INDIFFERENT SKILL THAN FOR A COLLEGE TO PRODUCE A FEW CHAMPION ATHLETES OR FOOTBALL PLAYERS FOR THE NATIONAL CONTESTS. I WOULD RATHER HAVE ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN TAUGHT TO MODEL CLAY AND ALL BANK PRESIDENTS AND ECONOMIC EXPERTS ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHRISTMAS CARDS, HOWEVER RIDICULOUS THE ATTEMPT MAY BE, THAN TO HAVE ONLY A FEW ARTISTS WHO WORK AT ART AS A PROFESSIO

N. 【R2】______I LIKE AMATEUR PHILOSOPHERS, AMATEUR POETS, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS, AMATEUR MAGICIANS. WE KNOW THAT IT IS SPONTANEOUS, AND IN SPONTANEITY ALONE LIES THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ART. THAT IS WHY I REGARD IT AS SO IMPORTANT THAT IN CHINA PAINTING IS ESSENTIALLY THE PASTIME OF A SCHOLAR AND NOT OF A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST. 【R3】______ NOW IT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF PLAY THAT ONE PLAYS WITHOUT REASON AND THERE MUST BE NO REASON FOR IT. PLAY IS ITS OWN GOOD REASO

N. 【R4】______BEAUTY IS SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE, AND THERE ARE FORMS OF BEAUTY THAT ARE DESTRUCTIVE EVEN TO THE ANIMAL, LIKE THE OVER-DEVELOPED HORNS OF A DEER. DARWIN SAW THAT HE COULD NEVER ACCOUNT FOR THE BEAUTIES OF PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE BY NATURAL SELECTION, AND HE HAD TO INTRODUCE THE GREAT SECONDARY PRINCIPLE OF SEXUAL SELECTIO

N. WE FAIL TO UNDERSTAND ART AND THE ESSENCE OF ART IF WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE IT AS MERELY AN OVERFLOW OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ENERGY, FREE AND UNHAMPERED AND EXISTING FOR ITS OWN SAK

E. 【R5】______I REGARD THIS NOT AS A QUESTION UPON WHICH THE POLITICIANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT MERELY AS AN INCONTROVERTIBLE FACT REGARDING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF ALL ARTISTIC CREATIO

N. A. THIS VIEW IS BORNE OUT BY THE HISTORY OF EVOLUTIO

N.

B. IT IS ONLY WHEN THE SPIRIT OF PLAY IS KEPT THAT ART CAN ESCAPE BEING COMMERCIALIZE

D.

C. THIS IS THE MUCH DECRIED FORMULA OF "ART FOR ART"S SAK

E. "

D. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE ESSENCE OF ART AT ALL, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF ART AS AN OVERFLOW OF ENERGY.

E. THAT IS TO SAY, I AM FOR AMATEURISM IN ALL FIELDS.

F. OF THE TWO IDEAS, I THINK ART AS RECREATION OR AS SHEER PLAY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS MORE IMPORTANT.